Sailing

Have you ever wondered how it would be to control a sailing boat for your own? In August, I wondered how it would be, so I told my dad to take me to "Club Naval", a place where I could learn more about navigation. In there, I asked what kind of boat could I use, I wanted the answer to be "you'll sail sunfish (a sailing boat)". The answer was not what I expected, it was "you'll sail optimist". I asked what was an optimist, and my sailing teacher told me that it was kind of a sunfish, but much smaller. That day, I sailed alone for the first time, because the only time I had sailed was with my parents and their friends in a sailship, but never alone. I didn't sail so good, I was slow. I went all Saturdays and Sundays, and I kind of knew how to sail. I never knew I was going to sail, but now, I'm a sailor, optimist sailor. I already knew some things about sailing, because my dad had taught me very well, and my friend Augusto said me some things I had to do. Last year, I did not liked sailing, but now I do, my advice for you, is sail, learn to sail. In three years or more, I'll be sailing sunfish, what I wanted to sail.

The photo at the top left corner is an optimist. The difference between the sunfish and the optimist is that the optimist is smaller and the shape of it's sail is cuadrangular, and the sunfish is bigger, it's sail has a triangular shape, and it is faster.

.::My Expectations Compared to Reality::.

If you read at the end of this blog, you would see a post called "Affect of technology on education", the second paragraph is about my expectation about having a blog. My expectations where that I would have a lot of visitors, lots of comments, and cool posts. Now, i have very cool posts, about 7 comments but not lots of visitors. One of the reasons is that our teacher has not told other teachers about the blog, and schools in the U.S had vacations until the end of August, so they don't know. If you would like to read what I wrote about my expectations, read this paragraph:

"My expectations about the blog are very good, because I always wanted an
internet address where I can express my feelings. I wanted to publish what i
think and that's what i'll do. I expect to have a cool site for people to read.
I expect to have a lot of comments in all my entrees. I hope everyone likes it."

One of the hardest things about blogging is that you need to write about thing that everyone likes, because if you write about only one thing, people will not like your blog. Another hard thing is that you need to put new things every week, so that people have something to read. One of the easist things to do in blogger is to write a comment, because you can say to people what you think about their post, and to write a comment you only have to click once. I feel that in a week or two my expectations will be equal to my blog now. My expectations have not changed because I still hope many people see my blog.

Something that makes blogger very fun is that you can put photos, videos, and links. We can put photos so people know what are we talking about. In our posts, we can put links so that people have more information about the topic. In blogger, I have learned to make webpages, before I didn't even know how to make them. Now, I can express what I feel in a webpage.

Samuel Eto'o

Eto'o has been one of the best Cameroones soccer players in the history. All his soccer career began when Eto'o signed a contract with the Spanish team, Real Madrid. Then, he was chosen at the age of 17 to play in the world cup for Cameroon.Then, he played in another Spanish team named RCD Mallorca, and then returned to the Real Madrid. He had a very good season in the Mallorca, he made a record of goals in the Spanish Primera (Spanish League). In summer of 2004, FC Barcelona (the best team in the world) negotiated him for 24 million euros, and his first match was in August the same year. Eto'o was a real goal machine, he never stopped scoring. Since he joined the club, he has been named the best African player of the year by the FIFA. Last year, Barcelona won the Champions League (2nd most imporatant soccer tournament) and Eto'o was really important. Now, he still plays in Barcelona, with the best player in the world, Ronaldinho Gaucho (Ronaldo Assis).

I think that Eto'o is a real honor to Cameroon, he was really poor, and now, he is a very succesful person. He has been a very good person, he has been very important to Cameroon, because he has helped many poor people follow him and play soccer. He is a very important player to FC Barcelona because he is a top scorer, and apports many good things to world soccer. I think that he is a very good player, he has won very honorable awards, like best striker in Europe, and best African player of the year.

=(An Interesting Story)=

Last week, in class, our teacher told us to read a story called Three Skeleton Key, and I said "oh no another boring story". We started reading the story and it was getting interesting, i even liked it. The story reminds me about a movie I saw about some people that were in the top of a house and they were surrounded by giant man-eating worms, but in the story they are surrounded by man-eating rats. I thought that giant man-eating rats was something that requiered a lot of imagination, because it is irrealistic, I would never even dream that! It reminds me about a time I was in an island and it was surrounded by dogs barking. I thought that the story was going to be scary because it talked about giant rats and the Flying Dutchman, but it was not scary, but interesting. It also reminded me about Pirates of the Caribbean part II, because there are big sailing boats like the Flying Dutchman. Another adventure the story reminded me about was when I was riding on a small sailing boat called optimist, and I almost crashed to an island. A big boat was about to crash to the Three Skeleton Key, and it didn't stop.

.::My Summer Vacations::.

What I did for my summer vacations was something I thought I’d never do. I did things that I had never done, like touching the snow, getting on a cruise, and going to the top of a skyscraper. I went to very cool places, like Alaska, San Francisco, and Seattle. My favorite place was Alaska, because I traveled there on a cruise and I met the snow, and I had a snow fight with some of my friends. I also saw a giant glacier, called the Hubbard Glacier. Then, I went to Seattle, were I went to the Space Needle, a very tall building. I visited to a museum of music dedicated to Jimmy Hendrix. Then, I went in a car all the way to the south to San Francisco, California; I had to cross the Golden Gate, the best bridge I’ve seen. I went to the Ghirardelli factory, were I ate a delicious chocolate. Finally, I travelled to Paramount’s Great America, which is a very cool theme park. Then I came back home and had a normal life.

Steve Irwin Loved by Australia, and the World.

I always thought that stingrays where inofensive animals that would never kill a human, until I read Suzanne Freeman's article "Crocodile Hunter Dies" at the Scholastic News website. She says that Steve Irwin's death has been a terrible loss to Australia, and to it's people.

I really do feel Australia has lost a wonderful and colorful son. He took
risks, he enjoyed life, he brought immense joy to millions of people,
particularly to children. He was a wonderful character. He was a passionate
environmentalist. It's such a terrible loss.

This is what the Australian Prime Minister, John Howard said with tears in his eyes. I agree with John Howard's words, because he has been a very important person for Australia, and now he is dead. What makes his death really strange is that he has been the third Australian man killed by a stingray. If the stingray had not striked him on his chest, he could possibly survived. We'll never forget him, and Animal Planet will continue showing his shows, and I hope everyone reminds him as the man he was, the animal protector.

I give my consolations to Steve's family, and friends.

.::My Friends' Blogs::.

This blog is from my friend JD. He likes music, and he playes the drums.
http://djjds-zone.blogspot.com/

Another cool blog is Augusto's blog. He likes sailing and he won a race in Bogota.

The third cool blog is from Sergio. He likes soccer a lot and he is a good defense.